Record Number: 7797
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[Marginalia]: occasional marginal marks, numbers and comments throughout text, with further brief notes referring to text on 5 binding pages. Combination of ink and faded pencil. Comments in the text are elaborations eg.: p. 226 text reads '... a castle, which in the English language is call'd Cnobheresburg [?] ...' has ms note 'Burgh Castle in Suffolk'.
Century:1700-1799
Date:unknown
Country:unknown
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Unknown
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Unknown/NA
Occupation:unknown
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:unknown
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Ecclesiastical history of the English Nation, from the coming of Julius Caesar, into this island, in the 60th year before the incarnation of Christ, till the year of our Lord 731. Written in Latin by Venerable Bede, and now translated into English fro
Genre:History
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon: Printed for J. Batley and T. Meighan, 1723
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:7797
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Eskines of Torrie in Fife: Bede, the Venerable, Saint , "The ecclesiastical history of the English Nation, from the coming of Julius Caesar, into this island, in the 60th year before the incarnation of Christ, till the year of our Lord 731. Written in Latin by Venerable Bede, and now translated into English from Dr. Smith's edition. To which is added the life of the author. Also explanatory notes", (London, 1723), various pages, [DH LIB 1206]
Additional Information:
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Citation:
Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Eskines of Torrie in Fife: Bede, the Venerable, Saint , "The ecclesiastical history of the English Nation, from the coming of Julius Caesar, into this island, in the 60th year before the incarnation of Christ, till the year of our Lord 731. Written in Latin by Venerable Bede, and now translated into English from Dr. Smith's edition. To which is added the life of the author. Also explanatory notes", (London, 1723), various pages, [DH LIB 1206], http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=7797, accessed: 09 February 2025
Additional Comments:
Identity of reader is tentatively inferred from only provenance: 'H. Wansey Bath', which is repeated several times. From the style of the annotations it is likely that these were done before the item came into Erskine hands.